Cucumber Reports (no 46) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	46	23 Sep 2026, 16:31

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.223	Passed

19.050

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.644

When the network is plugged 0.051

And I successfully configure Tor 12.293

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.061

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.137

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.200

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.330

When the network is plugged 0.062

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.857

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.744

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.170

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.033

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.364

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.527

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.174

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.040

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.003

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 12.075

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.050

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.436

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:5.422

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.947

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.416

And I warm reboot the computer 0.005

And the computer reboots Tails 44.990

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 1.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

57.092

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.133

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.958

And I warm reboot the computer 0.018

And the computer reboots Tails 46.431

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.550

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

32.328

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.203

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.015

And I start the computer 0.690

And the computer boots Tails 31.371

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.047

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

25.245

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.429

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.120

When the network is plugged 0.027

And I successfully configure Tor 17.625

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.317

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

57.005

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.526

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.375

And all notifications have disappeared 3.906

And I capture all network traffic 0.003

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.073

And the network is plugged 0.052

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.799

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.787

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.253

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.391

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.942

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.276

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.106

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.068

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.402

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.040

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.224

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.043

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.093

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.385

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.221

And all notifications have disappeared 4.377

And I capture all network traffic 0.004

And the network is plugged 0.030

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.782

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 3.984

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.241

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.435

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.963

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.328

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.295

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.122

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.242

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.357

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.075

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.242

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.221

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

15.421

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.487

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.092

And the network is plugged 0.036

And Tor is ready 7.400

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.394

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.008

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.189

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:8.223	Passed

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